BECKLEY, W.Va. — In a late night vote Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure allowing $500 million to be allotted to flood relief funds to three states, including West Virginia. The House voted 342-85, easily approving a 10-week stopgap spending which will continue to fund the government,[Read More…]
Month: September 2016
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Sept. 30
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. COMMUTER TRAIN CRASHES INTO STATION, KILLING ONE, INJURING SCORES The wreck in Hoboken,[Read More…]
Kanawha Rock and Gem Club show offers unique attractions
43rd Annual Kanawha Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show and Sale set for Oct. 15-16 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Searching for that unique gift for someone or looking for the opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping? If so, the 43rd Annual Kanawha Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show and Sale might be[Read More…]
Industrial hemp gets its start in West Virginia
BECKLEY, W.Va. — A handful of hemp farmers in West Virginia are seeding the future for the next generation, if and when industrial hemp becomes legal again. It’s the first time West Virginians have grown hemp since World War II. Hemp was declared illegal in 1937 because of its kinship with[Read More…]
Workers comp decision bad for WV business
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — For as much crowing as lawmakers have done over the past couple of years about their effort to make West Virginia more “open for business,” examples continue to pop up demonstrating the Mountain State can be a frightening place to[Read More…]
Census: WV more income growth, less poverty, rising health insurance coverage
Release from The White House: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent data released by the Census Bureau shows the remarkable progress that American families have made as the recovery continues to strengthen. Nationwide, real median household income grew $2,800, or 5.2 percent in 2015, the fastest growth on record. The Census[Read More…]
Tax-lien system must change to help neighborhoods
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington has probably done more than any local government in the state to reduce the number of abandoned and dilapidated buildings that harm our neighborhoods in so many ways. Yet, even with all those efforts, the city still struggles to handle the[Read More…]
Federal report issued on WV’s 2014 water crisis
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Criminal pollution violations, lax environmental enforcement and glaring regulatory gaps caused the January 2014 chemical spill at Freedom Industries, and then poor emergency planning and a confused response turned the incident into a region-wide drinking water crisis in the Kanawha Valley, federal investigators concluded in a much-anticipated draft[Read More…]
Dolly Sods access limited due to fires, old shells
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Since unexploded mortar shells and forest fires don’t safely mix, the U.S. Forest Service has closed public access to the southwestern portion of the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, including five popular hiking trails, until five small wildfires are either 100 percent contained by firefighters or extinguished by[Read More…]
WV Rep. McKinley rebuked over business name
WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee scolded West Virginia Rep. David McKinley on Wednesday for disregarding House rules by failing to change the name of his self-titled engineering firm after joining Congress. McKinley, a Republican, owned McKinley & Associates, an engineering and architecture firm in his home state, before his[Read More…]